{"product_id":"the-hole-the-prize-winning-korean-psychological-horror-that-will-have-you-gripped","title":"The Hole","description":"\u003cp\u003eA prizewinning psychological horror from Korea - after a devastating car crash, a man wakes to find himself paralysed and under the control of his vengeful mother-in-law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A Korean take on Misery' Time\u003cbr\u003e'A masterwork of suspense, and a profound meditation on grief, solitude, and secrecy' Laura van den Berg, author of Find Me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOghi wakes in a hospital bed unable to speak or move. The car accident that killed his wife has left him trapped in his own body and under the control of his mother-in-law, as she grieves the loss of her only child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsolated from his friends and neglected by his nurse, Oghi's world shrinks to the room he lies in and his memories of his wife, a sensitive woman who found solace in cultivating her garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as Oghi remains alone and paralysed, his mother-in-law is hard at work in the now-abandoned garden, uprooting what her daughter had worked so hard to plant and obsessively digging larger and larger holes...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bestseller in Korea, The Hole is a superbly crafted and deeply unnerving novel about the horrors of isolation and neglect in all of its banal and brutal forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Like Hitchcock or Abe, Pyun peers head on into the unnerving depths of human grief' Blake Butler, author of 300,000,000\u003cbr\u003e'While reading The Hole, you'll find yourself suddenly doubting everything' Kyung-sook Shin, New York Times bestselling author of Please Look After Mother\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47045002428639,"sku":"9781529954869","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781529954869.jpg?v=1749524717","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/the-hole-the-prize-winning-korean-psychological-horror-that-will-have-you-gripped","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}